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| Breakfast at Hotel
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| This hotel's buffet breakfast was like the breakfast served in my hotel
in Oslo, except this one had a wider selection of cereal and sliced
meats. This time I tried the strawberry jam, raspberry jam, and
marmalade.
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| Hiking
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Bergen has pretty manhole covers.
I thank Di Yin for noticing
these; I must've walked by a dozen, oblivious.
| A high-resolution picture of Bergen's Old Port as seen from atop Mount
Fløyen (Floyen). The old most-historic quarter, Bryggen, (where the
German merchants used to reside) is the densely-packed red-roofed
buildings to the right of the harbor. The green area mid-right is
Bergenhus Fortress.
| A panoramic movie of Bergen, ending with Bergen proper (shown in the
previous picture as well).
| Lille Lungegårdsvannet, its fountain, and park by Bergen's Art Museums
(the buildings on the other side of the lake).
I took a picture of the lake
from ground level the previous day.
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| Columnated birch trees along the walking path down the mountain. (I may
be wrong about the trees; they could easily be aspen.)
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| Mariakirken (St. Mary's Church)
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| Inside St. Mary's Church, built in the 12th century.
| Its baroque pulpit.
| A mighty large organ for a medium-sized church.
| I like this door on the side.
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| Hanseatic Museum
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| Sleeping quarters for the people low on the totem pole (I assume--I saw
better sleep quarters elsewhere in the Hanseatic Museum).
| Dried (or carved?) fish hanging from the ceiling. A ship also hung form
the ceiling; I couldn't get everything in one picture.
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| Korskirken (Church of the Holy Cross)
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| Korskirken (Church of the Holy Cross). All three churches I visited
look similar from outside, with the exception that this one has an oval
(rose-style) window whereas the others have arched windows, but that's
really the only distinguishing characteristic. For this reason, I
didn't bother taking pictures of the exteriors of the other churches.
| Decorated windows.
| Decent stained glass.
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With three arms, Korskirken was bigger than St. Mary's. It also had a
large organ.
I liked the church's light wood interior and its decorations, which
mostly date to the 17th century, making it more recent than St. Mary's
Church.
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| Domkirke (Cathedral) (a.k.a. St. Olav's Church)
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Domkirke's pews and large wooden organ. The organ appeared to glow.
The inside of this church was the nicest (in my opinion) of
the three I visited.
| Above the altar, the cathedral's tall, stained glass paintings of
religious scenes. These were installed in the 1880s, during one of the
church's restorations.
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| Bergen Art Museum
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Mikkel McAlinden's Under / Wonder.
The title makes the
photograph reflect that wonder at technology has replaced the wonder
previously provided by religion.
| J. C. Dahl's Nordisk landskap / Nordic landscape with a river.
| J. C. Dahl's Måneskinn / Moonlight.
| Edvard Munch's Vårdag på Karl Johan / Spring Day on Karl Johan has Munch painting in an unusual style for him.
(Yes, the museum had a number of Munchs, good ones too.)
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| J. C. Dahl's Dresden I Maaneskin.
| J. C. Dahl's Skystudier.
| Gerhard Munthe Nevlunghavn.
| A line of paintings by Thorvald Erichsen.
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| Edvard Munch's Sky pike / Sick girl.
| Harald Sohlberg's Fra Sagene / A street in Oslo. I like the light.
| Harald Sohlberg's Höstlandskap / Autumn landscape. I also like the light here.
| Halfdan Egedius Fra Vågå / From Vaga. Once again, I like the
light. (Yes, these three pictures were exhibited in a row.)
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